Saint Sophrony of Essex

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
Buddhist monk
theologian
gptkbp:birthDate 1896-09-23
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Sergei_Symeonovich_Sakharov
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Moscow,_Russian_Empire
gptkbp:canonizedBy gptkb:Ecumenical_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople
2019-11-27
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:deathDate 1993-07-11
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Essex,_England
gptkbp:feastDay July 11
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:Symbolism
gptkb:theology
spiritual direction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Saint Sophrony of Essex
gptkbp:influenced contemporary Orthodox spirituality
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Saint_Silouan_the_Athonite
gptkbp:knownFor spiritual writings
founding the Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Essex
gptkbp:language gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Russian
English
gptkbp:majorWork gptkb:His_Life_is_Mine
gptkb:We_Shall_See_Him_as_He_Is
gptkb:Saint_Silouan_the_Athonite
gptkbp:monasteryFounded gptkb:Monastery_of_St._John_the_Baptist,_Essex
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:notableFor writings on prayer
emphasis on personal relationship with God
teaching on the uncreated light
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:painter
gptkb:priest
gptkb:writer
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity
gptkbp:residesIn gptkb:Mount_Athos
gptkb:Essex,_England
gptkbp:spiritualFather gptkb:Saint_Silouan_the_Athonite
gptkbp:teacherOf gptkb:Archimandrite_Zacharias_Zacharou
gptkbp:title gptkb:bishop
gptkb:saint
Elder
gptkbp:tradition gptkb:Hesychasm
Athonite monasticism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Skete_of_Prophet_Elias
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_canon_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6